Propagation: newbie hardwood cutting success!!, 0 by pbyrley

pbyrley wrote:
Cindy, I have "always" used pure Vermiculite from the time I was a kid in 1953. Sadly, Lowes and Home Depot have stopped selling it. I found some for a much higher price at a good local garden center. For hard to root plant, I will probably keep using the Vermiculite (it's puffed mica and has no organisms in it). It also hold just the right amount of water and drains the rest. Perlite mixed with other media will drain well too. I usually have the vermiculite in a pot (like the pot in the picture) - I have some cut-off bottles that just fit into the pot to keep humidity. I have never tried to root large quantities of anything as I don't have that much spare space.

I believe that by mid Summer, you will have holly roots. I'll be waiting to hear. I hope you got both male and female tree cuttings. If not, there is plenty of time next Fall to find a male tree (no berries) and root a couple of them for your daughter's 7 acres. I'd guess about one male per 5 female trees. (If anyone knows what mix of male to female is recommended by experts I'd like to know.)

Paul